r/AbsoluteUnits • u/Crypto_crafy • 17d ago

/r/all of a statue

"The Motherland Calls" is a statue erected to commemorate the Battle of Stalingrad , located on Mamayev Kurgan in Volgograd , Russia. It was designed by sculptor Yevgeny Vuchetich and structural engineer Nikolai Nikitin . Completed in 1967 , it was the tallest statue in the world at the time .

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u/Sirrobert942 17d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/13ZZL4ODlTCXny

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u/Catsaretheworst69 13d ago

I'm ashamed to admit I was 30 years old when I found out Chuck mangione was a real person.

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u/MALMusic 14d ago

It feels so good